Christianity from Judaism to Constantine: Crash Course World History #11 Timing and description Text 05:17 John Green turns to camera two Also, just to put this question to bed, the Romans crucified Jesus because he was a threat to their authority. Later traditions saying that the Jews killed Jesus? Very unfortunate—also, very untrue.
So even though early Christians were persecuted by the Roman Empire, and sometimes fed to the lions and other animals, the religion continued to grow, albeit slowly. But then as the Roman decline continued, Emperor Constantine allowed the worship of Jesus, and then eventually converted to Christianity himself.
Christianity from Judaism to Constantine: Crash Course World History #11 Timing and description Text 10:13 Text bubble: While Romans did have an afterlife, if was not quite so awesome
In the first century AD, Jews lived across the Roman Empire in relative harmony. Protected by Rome and allowed to continue their religion, everything was fine until rebellion in Judaea led to a major change in the practice of their faith.
Soon Rome recognized Judaism as a legal religion, allowing Jews to worship freely. But Rome viewed the Jews with suspicion and persecuted them on several occasions. One of the most serious conflicts between Rome and the Jews began in Judea in A.D. 66 when Nero was emperor.
Jewish–Roman tensions resulted in several Jewish–Roman wars between the years 66 and 135 CE, which resulted in the destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple and the institution of the Jewish Tax in 70 (those who paid the tax were exempt from the obligation of making sacrifices to the Roman imperial cult).
What was Rome's policy toward most of the religions in the empire? Rome permitted people to keep their religion as long as they worshipped the emperor and Roman gods. The Jews were the ones exempted from this because of their monotheism.
List 3 ways the Jews responded to Roman rule. Avoided them, tried to get along, fought against the Romans.
Judaism had received the status of a legal religion in the Roman Empire with formal protections. Although Christianity developed out of Jewish traditions, it had no such legal protections. Christians were occasionally persecuted—formally punished—for their beliefs during the first two centuries CE.
What was a major religious difference between the Romans and the Jews? The Romans believed in many gods, and the Jews believed in one. The Romans were tolerant of other religions, the Jews were not.
What feature of Judaism is different from the religions of ancient Greece and Rome? God was not involved with human affairs.
The Romans were deeply religious and believed that any failure to worship their gods affected the wellbeing of society. The Latin word religio can best be translated as “obligation to the gods”; Roman religion and Roman politics could not be separated.